The prosecution says Robert Crissman Jr. was a trusty at the Armstrong County Jail when he ran away and killed Tammy Long in her nearby home and fled with her truck.

'You can run but you can't hide:' Trial begins for man accused of escaping from jail, killing woman

The prosecution says Robert Crissman Jr. was a trusty at the Armstrong County Jail when he ran away and killed Tammy Long in her nearby home and fled with her truck.

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Updated: 5:19 PM EDT May 10, 2016

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WEBVTT BEGAN AND JOINS US LIVE. REPORTER: YES, SEVERAL PEOPLE TESTIFIED IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE ROBERT CRISSMAN MURDER TRIAL, INCLUDING THE BOYFRIEND OF THE MURDER VICTIM WHO TESTIFIED THAT HE LEFT FOR WORK AND LEFT CRISSMAN AT HIS HOUSE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. FIRST DAY TESTIMONY AGAINST ACCUSED MURDERER ROBERT CRISSMAN CAME FROM THE BOYFRIEND OF MURDER VICTIM FAMILY LONG. A BOYFRIEND TERRY SLAGEL TOLD THE COURT CRISSMAN SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE AROUND 7:00 IN THE MORNING ON JULY 30th LAST YEAR. AFTER LEAVING FOR WORK WITH HIS BROTHER HE SAYS HE SAW NEWS REPORTS LATER THAT DAY OF A JAIL ESCAPEE AND THAT HIS TRUCK WAS FOUND ABANDONED. THAT'S WHEN SLAGEL RETURNED HOME TO FIND HIS GIRLFRIEND, LONG, DEAD. HIS TESTIMONY, FOUND HER DEAD ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR. SLAGEL CONTINUED HIS TESTIMONY SAYING HE CALLED OUT FOR LONG "I SAID, TAM, TAM GET UP." ONCE HE REALIZED SHE WAS DEAD SLAGEL SAID "I RAN OUTSIDE SCREAMING. PROSECUTORS SAY HE KILLED HER AFTER STEALING A TRUCK. A WOMAN CALLED 911 AFTER RECOGNIZING HIM. CRISSMAN STOLE A SECOND VEHICLE THEY SAY AND LED POLICE ON A CHASE AFTER A MANHUNT BEFORE EVENTUALLY RAMMING A POLICE VEHICLE. AND TESTIMONY HAS CONCLUDED FOR TODAY, BUT TOMORROW THE PROSECUTION WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS LINE OF WITNESSES.

'You can run but you can't hide:' Trial begins for man accused of escaping from jail, killing woman

The prosecution says Robert Crissman Jr. was a trusty at the Armstrong County Jail when he ran away and killed Tammy Long in her nearby home and fled with her truck.